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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 20:06:42 GMT -5

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Apr 14, 2020 19:38:18 GMT -5 dreamrocks said:

That’s a nice looking cab I like the pattern you chose to looks pretty cool

Thank you!

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 20:08:30 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Apr 14, 2020 20:06:42 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Apr 14, 2020 19:38:18 GMT -5 dreamrocks said:

That’s a nice looking cab I like the pattern you chose to looks pretty cool

Thank you!

Your welcome

Any agate is fun to cut and polish, I would post some pictures of the stuff I have finished but unable to post pictures nor can I add any posts also have a sweet geode I recently cut. So I put this up to see if I can add to profile nothing else will.

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 20:12:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Apr 14, 2020 20:12:40 GMT -5 #nailedit! That's beautiful Robin
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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 20:18:15 GMT -5 MsAli and RocksInNJ like this

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Apr 14, 2020 20:12:40 GMT -5 MsAli said:

#nailedit! That's beautiful Robin

Thanks, Ali! I wanted to do a chatoyant piece like you and Nate and it took me a while to dig that bugger out of the hoard.

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-- C.S. Lewis

NDK Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 9,440	FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 21:58:40 GMT -5 via mobile hummingbirdstones likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NDK on Apr 14, 2020 21:58:40 GMT -5 Miss Robin that cab is gorgeous! Well worth the wait 🤘
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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 21:59:59 GMT -5 via mobile hummingbirdstones and knave like this

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Apr 13, 2020 20:43:31 GMT -5 knave said:

Apr 3, 2020 20:58:14 GMT -5 NDK said:

LoL Miss Ali. How about a challenge in a challenge. Cut 1 for this contest tomorrow 👍
MsAli

Hmmmm.
Wonder who started all this anyway? 🤪

LMAO Evan IDK what you're talking about 😅

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 22:28:24 GMT -5

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Apr 14, 2020 21:58:40 GMT -5 NDK said:

Miss Robin that cab is gorgeous!
Well worth the wait 🤘

Thank you, Nate!

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 22:34:27 GMT -5

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Apr 14, 2020 19:11:59 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Here's my entry! Paddlesack/Marra Mamba Tiger Eye

Slab with preform marked out:

Oops! Trim Saw malfunction:

Cab after I scootched it up a bit:

Beautiful capture!

I have always seen these called Mt Brockman Tiger Eye. Is it the same thing?

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 22:43:39 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Apr 14, 2020 22:34:27 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Apr 14, 2020 19:11:59 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Here's my entry! Paddlesack/Marra Mamba Tiger Eye

Slab with preform marked out:

Oops! Trim Saw malfunction:

Cab after I scootched it up a bit:

Beautiful capture!

I have always seen these called Mt Brockman Tiger Eye. Is it the same thing?

Thanks Tela! Yes it's from the Mt. Brockman mine. It just has those distinctive line formations that are called Packsaddle. (Fixed the name in original post - dyslexia strikes again!)

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 14, 2020 22:54:26 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this

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Apr 14, 2020 22:43:39 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Apr 14, 2020 22:34:27 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Beautiful capture!

I have always seen these called Mt Brockman Tiger Eye. Is it the same thing?

Thanks Tela! Yes it's from the Mt. Brockman mine. It just has those distinctive line formations that are called Packsaddle. (Fixed the name in original post - dyslexia strikes again!)

OK thanks. I have a pendant with one. It's a good luck piece for me.

Love those scenic stones.

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 17, 2020 9:12:43 GMT -5 Pat, Tommy, and 9 more like this

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Finally had a nice morning for pictures. Here's my brecciated rhodochrosite. Lots of color and contrast. It is about 46mm across the top. I wanted to get in as much pattern as I could. The line just above the top cut line is a row of pits and holes.

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 17, 2020 9:14:51 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Pretty!

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-- C.S. Lewis

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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 17, 2020 9:24:09 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones and knave like this

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Apr 17, 2020 9:21:06 GMT -5 knave said:

What a gorgeous cabochon! So symmetrical and the pattern is so cool. I like the mini-shield at the top right.

Thanks for noticing the symmetry. It is a freeform. You can see that my line on the left is a little wonky, but I fixed it in the grind.

I like the shield, too.

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 17, 2020 9:33:34 GMT -5 rockjunquie and hummingbirdstones like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Apr 17, 2020 9:33:34 GMT -5 Very pretty Tela!
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FCC APR 2020 - Winner Anounced! Apr 21, 2020 11:37:23 GMT -5 Pat, rockjunquie, and 9 more like this

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Post by oldschoolrocker on Apr 21, 2020 11:37:23 GMT -5

Ok, so I know I am way out of my league here but figured I'd throw mine in for the hell of it. It's a poor mans cab shaped and sanded with a dremel and finished in the lot o from the AO500 stage thru polish. Dont know what the material is. Measures 52mm x 24mm.

The slab-